NN1
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Northampton, Kingsthorpe Hollow and St James' End, in West Northamptonshire.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an NN1 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in NN1 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How NN1 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NN1 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NN1 at a rate of 251.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 93.2 per 1,000 people across the NN postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 982 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NN1.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (3,019), anti-social behaviour (2,147) and other crime (1,617).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NN1 was 245.2 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in NN1, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NN1 has no single figure. Of its 17 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in NN1
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Northamptonshire 019A | 1,705 | 135.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| West Northamptonshire 019B | 1,786 | 68.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.7% |
| West Northamptonshire 030A | 2,201 | 105.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.6% |
| West Northamptonshire 030B | 1,976 | 187.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
| West Northamptonshire 030C | 1,895 | 97.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.4% |
| West Northamptonshire 030D | 1,827 | 81.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.9% |
| West Northamptonshire 031A | 2,543 | 142.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.5% |
| West Northamptonshire 031B | 1,755 | 89.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.7% |
| West Northamptonshire 031C | 1,882 | 151.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| West Northamptonshire 031D | 2,391 | 211.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.2% |
| West Northamptonshire 032B | 2,273 | 476.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 86.1% |
| West Northamptonshire 032D | 1,826 | 229.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 82.1% |
| West Northamptonshire 032E | 1,498 | 1,365.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 68.6% |
| West Northamptonshire 034A | 2,291 | 315.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.2% |
| West Northamptonshire 034B | 2,177 | 168.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| West Northamptonshire 034D | 1,410 | 696.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 61.1% |
| West Northamptonshire 034E | 2,076 | 359.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 56.0% |
MPs for NN1
- Lucy RigbyLabourMP for Northampton North94% of NN1’s postcodes
- Mike ReaderLabourMP for Northampton South6.1% of NN1’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in NN15
Postcode sectors in NN16
Council1
Towns in NN11
Postcode districts next to NN14
Nearest rail stations1
More in the NN postcode area2
NN1 in brief
NN1 is a postcode district covering Northampton, Kingsthorpe Hollow and St James' End, in West Northamptonshire.
About 38,598 people lived in NN1 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £206,250 in 2025 across 386 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 251.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NN1 was £206,250 in 2025.
NN1 had 35,854 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in NN1 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In NN1, 87.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.